CUTTACK: Alleged large-scale felling of trees for a proposed Rs 28-crore urban development project in Odisha’s Baripada municipality area has landed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), with a Kendrapada based petitioner seeking immediate intervention.Seeking relief, Pratap Chandra Mohanty has urged the tribunal to declare the tree felling illegal under the Van Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan…
New Delhi: Six minors have been apprehended for allegedly stabbing to death a 19-year-old youth in outer Delhi’s Samaypur Badli, police said on Sunday.The deceased, Rajeev, was a tempo driver.Information about the stabbing of a local resident came to Samaypur Badli police station on April 14 around 7.44 pm. Rajeev, rushed to Max Hospital in…
Mumbai: City Congress chief MP Varsha Gaikwad on Sunday slammed Mhada vice president and CEO Sanjeev Jaiswal for allegedly threatening a protester who was reportedly raising demands related to the Motilal Nagar redevelopment project. Gaikwad shared a video that went viral on social media where Jaiswal, an IAS officer of the 1996 batch, is seen…
Bengaluru: The filing of a chargesheet without accompanying paperwork, such as Call Detail Records (CDR) and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) reports, does not strip it of its character as a final report in the eyes of law, nor does it revive or confer upon the accused a right to claim statutory bail, Karnataka high court…
Kolkata: The EC has reported a fresh rise in the number of voters in Bengal, with nearly 5 lakh names being added to the electoral roll in the past month, taking the total count to 6.8 crore. Bengal, which had over 7.6 crore voters during the pre-SIR period, thus witnessed a 10.9% drop (83.8 lakh)…
Orgasm shots: The controversial ‘happy ending’ being marketed to brides The checklist for the dream wedding used to have that perfect bridal glow, a “Manish Malhotra’s designer lehenga”, a palace in Udaipur, and a perfect wedding film-maker to make the day the most perfect one. However, the “bridal glow” has officially moved from the surface…
A 44-year-old Iranian businesswoman with a life split between luxury travel and alleged covert deals is now at the centre of a serious US federal case.Authorities say Shamim Mafi was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night for allegedly trafficking arms on behalf of the Iranian government.According to the US Attorney’s Office for…
The scariest horror films are not the ones with the most elaborate monsters or the most expensive special effects. They are the ones that end with the words based on a true story, because nothing the imagination can conjure is quite as disturbing as knowing that something like this actually happened to real people in…
The U.S. Department of Education has found that four school districts in Kansas violated federal laws on student privacy and sex-based protections, according to an official press release.The Department said its Student Privacy Policy Office and Office for Civil Rights concluded that Kansas City, Kansas Public School District, Olathe Public Schools, Shawnee Mission School District,…
South Africa women’s cricket team beat India women’s cricket team by eight wickets in the second T20I on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.The result was set up by South Africa’s bowlers, who dismissed India for 147. The chase was then completed in 17.1 overs, with the hosts reaching 148 for…
